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Mud Crabs

Episode number: 1

Overview: Chef Kiran Jethwa travels to the Kenyan town of Malindi, where he collects tamarinds and catches some monstrous crabs.

African Wild Honey And Game Meat

Episode number: 2

Overview: In Machakos, Kiran learns how to catch guinea fowl and marinate them from inside at the same time.

Crayfish

Episode number: 3

Overview: Kiran heads to the lake in Naivasha, where Louisiana crawfish are a tasty presence.

Rice And Fowl

Episode number: 4

Overview: Kiran tries surfing cows in the Embu rice paddies, and protects the crops by joining a duck hunt.

Lake Victoria Whitebait

Episode number: 5

Overview: Heading west, Kiran visits a peanut farm and picks green bananas, before being caught by a storm while fishing.

Prawns

Episode number: 6

Overview: Kiran checks out mnazi, the local palm wine, and has an uncomfortable time trawling for prawns.

Mt. Kenya Trout

Episode number: 7

Overview: This episode's dish requires a visit to two very different landscapes - a sweltering, crocodile-infested lake and freezing mountain slopes.

Coral Fish, Oysters and Clams

Episode number: 8

Overview: Kiran meets fishermen who fashion improvised surfboards from debris and then paddle out into an estuary with a perilous tide.

Tea and Molo Lamb

Episode number: 9

Overview: Kiran visits the Kericho man-made tea fields and learns the process of tea picking; he then travels to the Molo region where he smokes a prize Molo lamb with the tea leaves.

Octopus

Episode number: 10

Overview: A local cassava farmer supplies some seasoning before Kiran constructs his own spear gun to catch the main ingredient.

Ostrich Egg, Cow's Blood and Cattle Hump

Episode number: 11

Overview: Kiran makes poisonous hunting arrows while in the Maasai Mara; he investigates the Maasai approach to cattle husbandry.

Sailfish

Episode number: 12

Overview: Kiran compares traditional and ultra-modern fishing techniques, before visiting smokehouses in Malindi.